Original U.S. WWI Navy Named Flat Hat for the Minelayer USS Saranac - Laid 4,782 Mines in North Sea Mine Barrage Original Machine Guns At a young age his

At a young age his family moved to Goshen

The original maker marking on the receiver

The front of the cap bears the correct Navy crossed anchor insignia

as well as a great example of a well-engineered centerfire conversion

like the bipod and sling hook

Original U.S. WWI Navy Named Flat Hat for the Minelayer USS Saranac - Laid 4,782 Mines in North Sea Mine Barrage Original Machine Guns At a young age hisOriginal Item. One of a Kind. The USS Saranac was the Old Dominion Steamship Company Hamilton temporarily converted for planting the World War I North Sea Mine Barrage. John Roach & Sons launched Hamilton at Chester, Pennsylvania in 1899. Hamilton steamed between Norfolk, Virginia and New York City until The United States Shipping Board took control of the ship from Old Dominion Steamship Company in 1917. She was fitted out for United States Navy